Cord holding and serving device.



No.v 747,557. wPATBNTED DEC. 22, 1903. A. A. LOW. v

' CORD HOLDING AND SERVING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 10, 1902. NO MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET'I.

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A. ALLOW. I 00m) HOLDING AND SERVING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 10, 1902. v

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1:0 MODEL;

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Patented December 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, OF HORSESHOE, NEW YORK.

CORD HOLDING AND SERVING'DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,557, dated December2, 903- Application filed April 10. 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Horseshoe, St. Lawrence county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord Holding and ServingDevices, of which the following is a specification sufficient to enableothers skilled in the art to which the invention appertaius to make anduse the same.

My improvements relate to cord holding and cutting devices of thecharacter set forth in my concurrent application, Serial No. 99,886,filed March 25, 1902, in which the spools are arranged vertically oneabove the other.

A distinguishing feature of my present invention consists in'arrangingthe spools horizontally in conjunction withcertain other features in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimedspecifically.

In the accompanying, drawings, Figure is a plan of my improved device;Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3, an elevation of theright-hand end of the same; Fig. 4., an elevation of the left-hand endof the Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the detent device. Fig. 6 is across-section upon plane of line 6 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 7is a top view of thecutting mechanism, showing a modificationin the form; Figs-8 and 9,views illustrating two disks for the purpose of holding cord, 850.,between them.

In the drawings, A represents the base of the machine, at the oppositeends of. which are arranged bearings B B, which support the spindle orshaft 0, upon which the spools D D D are mounted. These spoolsD DDconsist of cores (1 (1, having square or other rectangular centralopenings (1 to enable the cores to fit over the rectangular or otherpolygnal form of shaft 0, as will be readily understood by reference toFig. 6, thus preventing the cores from turning upon said shaft.Interposed between the cores d are the disks e e e, which act as flangesfor the spools. These may or may not be-perforated for the purpose ofholding the ends of cord, as set forth in my concurrent application,hereinbefore referred to. Each extremity of the shaft 0 is provided witha crank-arm c, having a Serial No. 102,175. (No model.)

crank-handle c of peculiar construction, in

that it is provided with a spring-clamp c un-' der which the free end ofa cord may be passed temporarily to be held in convenient position to begrasped by the fingers when desired.

A spring-detent F, similar to that heretofore described by me, ismounted in one of the standards B in such manner that the end f of theplunger acting against the inclined surface g and the blade G beingreturned to its normal position by the spring 9. The blade G is heldvertically between the walls h h, which are connected above by top plate72, From the top plate 7L projects the standard h formed with thelateral lugs h, through which the plunger passes and between whichis'the retractile spring 19. One side wall h x is provided with a studhfor the purpose of holding the cord with relation to the cuttingmechanism. The anvil-block I is also formed with a stud t" for a similarpurpose.

If desired, two disks a a may be mounted on the spindle O for thepurpose of affording a means of holding the end of a cord, if desired.

The operation is as follows: A cord from either of the spools D D D ispassed around the right-hand end of the wall h, under the stud 72, andthen around the wall 71., through the opening 0, across the face of theanvilblock I, thence outward, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to preventall possibility of accident to the fingers of the operator by reason ofcareless handling, I prefer in some cases to make the cutting-opening Oat an angle, as shown in Fig. 7.

The depression of the plunger P causes the blade G to sever the cordagainst the block, leaving in the opening 0 an end of sufficient lengthto be readily grasped by the fingers after the retractile movement ofthe blade G under the action of the spring g. It is obvious that, ifpreferred, a cord may be in like manner first passed around the anvil Iand the stud i and through the opening 0 with like results, if desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a cord-cutting mechanism of the character described, a horizontalshaft having polygonal portion, bearings for said shaft, the coreshaving polygonal openin gs engaging the polygonal portion of the shaft,disks interposed between said cores and together with said cores formingthe spools, disks e e secured to said shaft and constructed to hold theend of a cord, and a crank attached to said shaft.

2. In cord-cutting mechanism, a horizontal shaft having a polygonalportion, bearings for said shaft, cores on said shaft and havingpolygonal openings fitting the polygonal portions of said shaft, a pairof disks interposed between the adjacent ends of the cores and formedwith oppositely-beveled and converging edges, and means for rotatingsaid shaft.

3. In cord-cutting mechanism, a horizontal shaft having polygonalportion, bearings therefor, cores on said shaft and having polygonalopenings fitting the polygonal portion of the shaft, a pair of disksinterposed between the adjacent ends of the cores and formed withoppositely-deflected and converging edges, means for rotating saidshaft, a spring-clamp on said rotating means, one of said disks beingprovided with indentations, and a spring-actuated plunger mounted on oneof the supports of the shaft, and means for regulating the pressure ofsaid plunger.

ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, F. E. ROACH.

